Feeder for clothes wringers



E. WALKER FEEDER FOR CLOTHES WRINGERS Filed June 23. 1924 Patented Pet. 2?, 1925.

UNITED STATES EDWARD WALKER, OF GRANTWOOD, NEW JERSEY.

FEEDER FOR CLGTHES WRINGERS.

Application filed June 23, 1924.

To (1/! "Hr/ mm, it may colic 2W1 lie it known that l. Rowan) inks-35;. citizen oi the t nited States residing at tirantwood. in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey have invented certain new and useful lmprm'einents in Feeders for (llothes \Vringers. of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an apparatus for manually feeding clothing or other washable articles to a hand or powe driven clothes wringer.

My invention has for its object to provide a r adily manufactured feeder which will furnish a. hand rest for the operator and also prevent his fingers from being accidentally pulled in and mangled between the rollers of the wringer.

My invention has also for an object to provide a feeding strip over which the ends of the washed articles will be spread out and folded so as to furnish a sufficiently broad contact surface for the rollers so as to prevent the tearing of the washed articles.

My invention has further for an object to provide a feeder substantially shorter than the Wringer rollers, said feeder being adapted to be readily applied to any part of the rollers so as to evenly distribute the washed articles over the cut ire length of the rollers.

In the drawing Figure 1 shows a swinging reversible t'eeder mounted on a. clothes wringer.

Figure 2 shows the manner in which the feeder is held and manipulated.

Figure 3 is an isometric view showing a detached type of feeder which is also adapted as a pick up for the washed articles.

Figure 4- shows the swinging reversible feeder detached from the wringer.

Referring to the drawing in which like reference characters designate corresponding parts, 1 designates the wringer to which the feeder 2 is attached by means of hinges 3 which are at one end pivoted between the lugs 4 on the feeder and at the other end pivoted between brackets 5 which are mounted on the wring-er posts (3 between which the rollers 7 operate compressing the wet clothes 14.

On each side of the wringer is a guide board 8 mounted in order to make it pos sible to reverse the operation of the wringer.

It is evident that the clothes in passing through the wringer will be guided over the board 8 0n the feed side of the wringer and Serial No. 721,829.

will, in leaving the wringcr. be prevented from being wound around the lower roller by the guide board on the discharge side of the wringer. The guide boards 8' are the usual flat strips conveniently supported on opposite sides of the rollers of an ordinary wringer.

The detached feeder 5), well as the pivoted feeder 2. comprises a blunt edged feed plate 10 having abutment strips 11 formed upon the ends thereof. These strips are arranged transversely of the plate 10 and extend equidistances on opposite sides thereof. The forward edge of the plate 10 projects outwardly beyond the front edges of the strips ii, the latter edges being widened as indicated at 12 and designed to engage the surfaces of the rollers 7. The length of each strip 11 on opposite sides of the plate 10 is such that when adjacent ends of said strips are engaged with a guide board 8, as shown in Figure 2, the forward edge of the plate 10 will be substantially aligned with the space between the rollers 7 thus facilitating the guiding of the plate into said space. The forward edges of the abutment strips 11, by engaging the surfaces of the rollers 7, limit the inward movement of the plate between the rollers.

The mode of manipulation is as follows.

An end of the wet clothes 14 is picked up and folded over the blunt edged feed plate 10 and held in position by the thumb of the same hand that manipulates the feeder.

The handle 13 is located at the center of the feed plate 10 and is preferably made flat so that the thumb grip may be readily effected either on the feed plate proper or on the handle.

The feeder with the folded clothes end held as shown is now brought in front of the rollers so that adjacent ends of the abutment strips will rest on the guide board and at the same time press against the rollers.

The projecting blunt edge of the feed plate is so proportioned that when the feeder is held as above described a sulficient contact friction between the rollers and the clothes will arise so as to pull the clothes away from the feeder and through the wringer.

It is to be noticed that the guide board will in acting as a rest for the pivoted type of feeder 2 prevent any straining of the hinges 3.

When using the detached type of feeder it ought preferably to be held in the hand when picking up the clothes, the project ing edge of the feed plate being readily inserted under the cloth when a thumb grip is easily secured, performing the entire feeding operation by means of one hand only.

I do not desire to be understood as limiting myself to the specific details of construction and arrangement as it is manifest that variations and modifications may be made in the adaptation of the (lCVICC to various conditions, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claim 1. A feeding device capable of being used to feed clothes to a wringer, including a feed plate having one edge capable of insertion between the rollers of the Wringer, a

handle for said plate, and abutment strips arranged at the ends of said plate with said edge of the plate projecting beyond the forward edges of said strips.

2. A feeding device capable oi" being wed to feed clothes to a wringer, including a feed plate having one edge capable oi insertion between the rollers of the wringer, a handle for said plate, and abutu'ieni strips formed on said plate and extending transversely and equi-distantly on opposite sides thereof with the forward edge of said plate projecting beyond the adjacent edges of said strips, the lower ends of said strips being capable of engagement with a guide board of the Wringer to guide said plate into the space between said rollers.

EDWARD WALKER. 

